Q&A with Palantir CEO Alex Karp on “the woke left and the woke right”, patriotism, Russia's Ukraine war, Palantir's culture, Trump, democracy, Israel, and more
Palantir's CEO is good with ICE and says he defends human rights. But will Israel and Trump ever go too far for him? X: @stevenlevy , @shannonrwatts , and @spencerhakimian . Bluesky: @katie-drummond ...
Tech leaders embracing Trump for short-term gain may ultimately imperil their companies and is counter to Silicon Valley's idealistic roots
it's that Silicon Valley's view of freedom was always aligned with libertarianism, not progressivism. Levy suggests that Trump's “values violently clashed with the egalitarian impulses of the digital ...
Researchers demonstrate a novel Gemini attack using poisoned Google Calendar invitations to trigger smart home devices; Google fixed the flaws earlier in 2025
For likely the first time ever, security researchers have shown how AI can be hacked to create real-world havoc … Bluesky: @katie-drummond , @mattburgess1 , and @couts . Forums: r/artificial Bluesky: ...
Anthropic plans to debut new rate limits for Claude Pro and Max on August 28, likely curbing <5% of users, saying some run Code “continuously in the background”
It's Bad Business Bluesky: Ed Zitron / @edzitron.com : That is not what is happening here, this is not Anthropic “doing the drug dealer model” — www.wheresyoured.at/anthropic- is... [embedded post]...
Sources: Palantir is helping DOGE build an API layer above all IRS databases; DOGE wants Palantir's Foundry software to be the “read center of all IRS systems”
For the past three days, DOGE and a handful of Palantir representatives, along with dozens of career IRS engineers … Bluesky: @wired.com , @wired.com , @emptywheel , @sbyrnes , @techviews , @whodat35 ...
A profile of Vladislav Klyushin, a Russian tech executive involved in a $93M insider trading scheme and released by the US in a 2024 prisoner swap with Russia
and, I think, an indication of how the new Moscow-DC axis will tilt. — www.wired.com/story/russia... @wired.com : His life? A rags-to-riches fairy tale. A lavish wedding, a beautiful wife, five ki...
A profile of Watch Duty creator John Clarke Mills, who is expanding the free fire-tracking app so it becomes a one-stop shop for information during any disaster
www.wired.com/story/watch-... Katie Drummond / @katie-drummond : Watch Duty proved indispensable during the recent LA wildfires. — Meet John Mills, the Robin Hood-obsessed “weirdo and misfit” (and f...
A profile of Watch Duty creator John Clarke Mills, who wants the fire-tracking app to become a one-stop shop for information during any disaster
Watch Duty proved indispensable during the recent LA wildfires. John Mills, the app's creator, wants it to be the one place to go for tracking disasters. Bluesky: @boone and @katie-drummond Bluesky: ...
An interview with Nebojša Vujinović Vujo, who runs 2,000+ AI-generated news sites, often hosted on popular, dormant domains, and claims to have human editors
Serbian DJ turned internet entrepreneur Nebojša Vujinović Vujo floods abandoned news sites with AI-generated articles. X: @knibbs , @emilybell , @knibbs , @katiedrumm , @dannygroner , and @faris See a...
An analysis of 36GB of US school network logs for January 2022 to August 2023 finds widespread internet censoring filters, such as for health and sexuality info
A WIRED investigation into internet censorship in US schools found widespread use of filters to censor health, identity, and other crucial information. X: @meghann , @katiedrumm , @cendemtech , @toddf...